Analyzing the Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) among Motorcyclists in Bangladesh

Table 1

Factors contributing to motorcycle accidents and rider characteristics in Noakhali, Bangladesh.

Variable	Category		%	No crash ()		Crash ()
					%		%
Overall		402	100	126	31.34	276	68.66
Demographics
Age	<20	3	0.75	2	66.67	1	33.33	10.427	<0.05
	20–29	180	44.78	48	26.67	132	73.33
	30–39	176	43.78	57	32.39	119	67.61
	40–49	36	8.96	18	50.00	18	50.00
	50–59	7	1.74	1	14.29	6	85.71
	>60	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Marital status	Married	337	83.83	92	27.30	245	72.70	15.836	<0.001
	Unmarried	65	16.17	34	52.31	31	47.69
Occupation	Student	45	11.19	25	55.56	20	44.44	13.804	<0.001
	Others	357	88.81	101	28.29	256	71.71
Education level	High school	73	18.16	20	27.40	53	72.60	11.247	<0.05
	Above high school	291	72.39	85	29.21	206	70.79
	Less than high school	38	9.45	21	55.26	17	44.74
Working history
Employment status	Part-time	262	65.17	66	25.19	196	74.81	13.233	<0.001
	Full-time	140	34.83	60	42.86	80	57.14
Riding experience	<1	34	8.46	22	64.71	12	35.29	30.294	<0.001
	1 to 5	217	53.98	69	31.80	148	68.20
	6 to 10	85	21.14	25	29.41	60	70.59
	11 to 15	60	14.93	7	11.67	53	88.33
	16 to 20	3	0.75	2	66.67	1	33.33
	>21	3	0.75	1	33.33	2	66.67
Motorcycle ownership	Inherits from relatives	127	31.59	66	51.97	61	48.03	36.7	<0.001
	Bought with own money	275	68.41	60	21.82	215	78.18
Daily travel distance	<20 km	19	4.73	13	68.42	6	31.58	62.034	<0.001
	and <30 km	136	33.83	57	41.91	79	58.09
	and <50 km	209	51.99	32	15.31	177	84.69
	km	38	9.45	24	63.16	14	36.84
Weekly working hours	<30 hours	22	5.47	13	59.09	9	40.91	61.33	<0.001
	and <50 hours	286	71.14	57	19.93	229	80.07
	and <60 hours	53	13.18	29	54.72	24	45.28
	60 hours	41	10.20	27	65.85	14	34.15
Riders’ lifestyle and behaviour
Do you talk on the phone while riding motorcycle? If yes, how often?	Sometimes	264	65.67	108	40.91	156	59.09	32.944	<0.001
	Often	135	33.58	18	13.33	117	86.67
	Regularly	3	0.75	0	0.00	3	100.00
Smoking status	Never	240	59.70	80	33.33	160	66.67	7.888	<0.05
	Sometimes	46	11.44	20	43.48	26	56.52
	Regularly	116	28.86	26	22.41	90	77.59
	Yes	387	96.27	116	29.97	271	70.03
Smoke while driving?	No	255	63.43	110	43.14	145	56.86	45.076	<0.001
	Yes	147	36.57	16	10.88	131	89.12
Miscellaneous
Use helmet?	No	198	49.25	25	12.63	173	87.37	63.519	<0.001
	Yes	229	56.97	126	55.02	103	44.98
Motorcycle’s brand	Honda	86	21.39	37	43.02	49	56.98	31.334	<0.001
	Yamaha	75	18.66	33	44.00	42	56.00
	Suzuki	141	35.07	20	14.18	121	85.82
	Others	100	24.88	36	36.00	64	64.00
Have riding license?	No	72	17.91	48	66.67	24	33.33	50.856	<0.001
	Yes	330	82.09	78	23.64	252	76.36
Exceed the speed limit?	No	290	72.14	117	40.34	173	59.66	39.193	<0.001
	Yes	112	27.86	9	8.04	103	91.96
Red-light running?	No	15	3.73	10	66.67	5	33.33	9.034	<0.05
	Yes	387	96.27	116	29.97	271	70.03

total number of respondents, number of noncrashers in the past year, crash victims in the past year.